I don't particularly care that they are family farms, but I do care about food security.ScrP our supply management system and in 10 years….or less, our family dairy farms are gone. If you’re okay with that then by all means side with the TACO on this matter.
Would they disappear or be absorbed into larger corporate dairy farms?ScrP our supply management system and in 10 years….or less, our family dairy farms are gone. If you’re okay with that then by all means side with the TACO on this matter.
Most likely absorbed, as has been happening since supply management started, and with grain farming prior to and after Harper ended supply management there.Would they disappear or be absorbed into larger corporate dairy farms?
If we’re concerned about the quality of dairy in our grocery stores, then we can simply make sure appropriate quality and safety standards regulations are in place.
Trump's latest whim of having Coke switch over to cane sugar in place of HF corn syrup will be another nail in the coffin of the American grain farmer. First the gutting of USAID, then the Potash tariff, then the rounding up of their Indentured Servants and now the cutting of HF corn syrup from Coke (if it happens).The "400%" tariff line he keeps repeating is right up there with they subsidize us with $XXBillion in trade or all their fentanyl comes from us.
True that there are high tariffs (actually it is 270% not 400 but I could be wrong) on some US dairy product imports but that is only after a tariff-free quantity. Only approximately 1% of US imports are subject to high tariffs.
Overall, they export about about twice as much to as we do to them. Apparently Wisconsin has more dairy cows that all of Canada.
I would also be concerned about the antibiotic and hormone level in US dairy.
The US likes to perpetuate the myth that their agriculture sector is pure free market and everybody else is socialist.
Where they will continue to grow corn but with the added benefit of the abysmal environmental records of corporations, a lack of connection to the community which further entrenches the owner-renter castes that are developing and a loss of tax revenue when the corporate entity uses loopholes to hoover all of the profits off to Panama or Ireland.HF corn syrup is a trash additive. If they've built a farm based on fueling obesity, I wouldn't be heartbroken if they had to sell to corporations.
Cane sugar also reduces the glucose index of foods, reducing risks of type 2 diabetes.HF corn syrup is a trash additive. If they've built a farm based on fueling obesity, I wouldn't be heartbroken if they had to sell to corporations.
Not disagreeing with any of this. I was just pointing out that this pivot amounts to the 4th nail that Trump has directly added to the coffin of the American farmer in the last 6 months.Cane sugar also reduces the glucose index of foods, reducing risks of type 2 diabetes.
I suspect corn farmers can pivot to another crop, it will do in some farms who have completely optimized for corn. A quick look on the web show that corn farmers need to do crop rotations or risk depleting their fields, so there is the possibility of reducing the amount of corn and growing a crop that is also profitable.Not disagreeing with any of this. I was just pointing out that this pivot amounts to the 4th nail that Trump has directly added to the coffin of the American farmer in the last 6 months.
True, but it will still hit hard for alot of farmers. Too late to pivot this year obviously but will be interesting to see that if the switch to cane sugar results in a significant drop in acres sown with corn.I suspect corn farmers can pivot to another crop, it will do in some farms who have completely optimized for corn.
Not sure how much the cutting head on a combine costs, but farmers would need to buy a cutter head for other crops if they only had a corn head…I suspect corn farmers can pivot to another crop, it will do in some farms who have completely optimized for corn. A quick look on the web show that corn farmers need to do crop rotations or risk depleting their fields, so there is the possibility of reducing the amount of corn and growing a crop that is also profitable.
The Karl Marx/Chicken Little fusion act is a little transparent. Those family farms are totally happy selling their wares to corporate overlords to turn into poisonous food additives, so the crocodile tears don't work.Where they will continue to grow corn but with the added benefit of the abysmal environmental records of corporations, a lack of connection to the community which further entrenches the owner-renter castes that are developing and a loss of tax revenue when the corporate entity uses loopholes to hoover all of the profits off to Panama or Ireland.
Most farmers or cash croppers rarely grow "just corn or just soy or just wheat", many I know grow corn, wheat, soy, peas, oats, sunflower, canola, etc in a rotation.I suspect corn farmers can pivot to another crop, it will do in some farms who have completely optimized for corn. A quick look on the web show that corn farmers need to do crop rotations or risk depleting their fields, so there is the possibility of reducing the amount of corn and growing a crop that is also profitable.
Most do, or share the gear with neighbours.Not sure how much the cutting head on a combine costs, but farmers would need to buy a cutter head for other crops if they only had a corn head…
yes don't doubt, I don't know much in this field, other than it's highly unlikely Canada is going to be able to grow sugarcane any time soon.Most farmers or cash croppers rarely grow "just corn or just soy or just wheat", many I know grow corn, wheat, soy, peas, oats, sunflower, canola, etc in a rotation.